Bankruptcy Archive » January, 2009

Bankruptcy - January, 2009

168 articles

• 2nd Circ. Considers DRA Termination Premiums
• Interstate's $105M Financing Deal With GE Approved
• Key Plastics' Ch. 11 Plan Gets Go-Ahead
• Touting Plan, MLN Names Liquidation Trustee
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $535M To Pay Back Investors
• PPG Plans $825M Trust For Asbestos Claims
• Bombay Co. Trustee Fires Off Suits To Reclaim Cash
• Investors, E-MedSoft Settle Securities Class Action
• Judge Bars Heller From Buying Malpractice Insurance
• Superior Offshore Ch. 11 Plan Trumps Rival Ch. 7 Bid
• US Told To Fork Over $55M To Court In WaMu Ch. 11
• Neal Gerber Takes 5 DLA Piper Bankruptcy Gurus
• Securities Plaintiffs Fight Lehman Examiner Terms
• All Green Lights For Motor Coach's Ch.11 Plan
• Dutch Bankruptcy Trustees Hit Qwest With RICO Suit
• Great American Sues Bally Over $10M D&O Payout
• Ex-Nortel Workers Make Plea For Unpaid Severance
• Creditors Balk At Heller Malpractice Insurance Bid
• Jancor Spirals Into Ch. 7
• AHM Ch.11 Plan Unfairly Frees Execs: SEC
• Special Master Appointed In Reserve Fund Suit
• Court Lifts Stay So Pappas, Mitts Can Seal $2M Deal
• Kirkland Wants $1,110 Per Hour For Tronox Ch. 11
• EEOC Wants Buffets' Reorganization Blocked
• House Committee Advances Cram-Down Legislation
• Deloitte Still On Hook In Parmalat MDL
• Comics Guru Lee's IP Suit Held Over Rights Transfer
• BoNY Still On Hook In Sentinel Trustee's $550M Suit
• Goody's Stung With WARN Class Action
• American Axle Teetering On Verge Of Ch. 11: Report
• Libby Claimants Lose Bid For WR Grace Documents
• Interstate Ready To Roll Out Of Bankruptcy
• Lenders Object to Foley's Fees in DBSI Ch.11
• Barnes & Thornburg Snags McDermott Bankruptcy Pro
• Asarco, Denver Strike Deal On Environmental Claims
• Trustee Seeks Involuntary Bankruptcy For Dreier
• Woodside Exec Called To Help Clarify Ch. 11 Deals
• Danish Shipping Co. Files For Ch. 15 In NY
• Aloha Workers Object To Sale Of IP
• Packaging Maker Smurfit-Stone Files For Ch. 11
• Suit Maker For Obama Hartmarx Files For Ch. 11
• US Energy Biogas Heads For Ch. 11
• Ervin Cohen Expands With 13 Moldo Davidson Lawyers
• Heller Creditors Probe Banks' Secured Status
• Successor Indenture Trustee Named In Lyondell Case
• Solutions For Auto Industry On Obama's Agenda
• Judge OKs $7M Enron, Goldman Deal Over Securities
• Reinet Fund Buys Lehman Merchant-Banking Assets
• Creditors Oppose Propex's $65M DIP Cash Request
• Judge OKs Kimball Hill Disclosure, Voting Process
• Tribune Signals Creditors On Top Bid For Cubs
• Bankrupt Neb. Insurer Probed For Securities Fraud
• DOL Bristles At Mortgage Lenders' Liquidation Plan
• Housing-Materials Maker Jancor Tumbles Toward Ch. 7
• Goody's Gets Final OK For Store-Closing Sales
• Archway Creditors Allege Accounting Fraud
• Pillsbury, SonicBlue Told To Settle Malpractice Spat
• Constar Gets Final OK For Debt Swap, DIP Financing
• Bank Loses Bid To Examine Lehman Docs
• Goldman Sachs Arm Sues SemGroup Over $90M Deal
• Slew Of Objections Filed Over DBSI Sales Plan
• Hedge Funds Mostly Leery Of Bankruptcy Filings
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Lands Weil Bankruptcy Vet
• Dorsey Wins Reversal Of Legal Malpractice Ruling
• Bankrupt Mine Files Plan In Light Of Sale
• Syntax-Brillian Files Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan
• Asarco Strikes Deal In Suit Over Land Sold In Distress
• Homeowner Class OK'd In WR Grace Asbestos Suit
• Lehman Wins Examiner Over Trustee Protests
• State Law Preempted In Suit V. Dana Board: 6th Circ.
• Tropicana Creditors Can't File Competing Plan
• Latham Lawyer Who Fought Enron To Rejoin DOJ
• Star Tribune Files For Ch. 11 Amid Newspaper Woes
• Asarco Pens $3M Deal For Superfund Cleanup
• Law360 Bankruptcy Editorial Advisory Board
• GM Working To Bring Closure To Delphi Bankruptcy
• VeraSun Catches $110M Lifeline
• Greenberg Adds Another Bankruptcy Shareholder
• Black Angus Gets OK For $71.5M In DIP Financing
• 'Disappointed' CEO Pulls Plug On Circuit City
• Reinterpreting Section 553's Mutuality Requirement
• Goody's Trying To 'Run And Hide': Creditors
• Trustee Stands Tough In Objection To Lazard Fee
• Northeast Biofuels Enters Ch. 11 Amid Plant Woes
• Smurfit-Stone Weighs Bankruptcy Amid Drop In Sales
• Creditors Come Out Against AHM Liquidation Plan
• Wachovia Settles With Bankrupt Builder Over Lien
• Woodside Files Ch. 11 Plan, Disclosure Statement
• Regional Retailer Gottschalks Files For Ch. 11
• Arent Fox Snags McDermott Will Restructuring Pro
• Dismal Sales Drive Goody's To Liquidation
• Federal-Mogul, AIG Units Reach Asbestos Deal
• Dismissing Ch. 11 Case Would Hurt Public: EnCap
• Interstate Bakeries Moves Closer To Exiting Ch. 11
• Canada's Nortel Networks Files For Bankruptcy
• Bankrupt DESA Hit With WARN Act Suit
• Judge OKs $20M DIP Financing For Equal Maker
• Pension Insurer Becomes Creditor In Madoff Case
• Jeweler Shane Co. Files for Ch. 11
• WaMu Maintains Hold On Shareholder Actions
• Slow Sales Push Developer Tarragon Into Ch. 11
• Dechert Takes Bankruptcy Partner From O'Melveny
• Streamlined Wellman Inc. Nears Ch. 11 Exit
• Apex Silver Enters Ch. 11 To Sell Off Bolivian Mine
• Judge Won't Toss Superior Offshore Securities Suit
• ASARCO: The Estimation Of Environmental Claims
• Law360 Ranks Largest Bankruptcy Practices
• Law360 Ranks Busiest Bankruptcy Practices
• Bankrupt Asarco Resists $516M Tax Claim By Parents
• Shareholders Sue Harrah's Over Bond Exchanges
• Equal Maker Seeks Access To $20M In DIP Cash
• Legacy Liabilities Send Tronox Into Ch. 11
• Tropicana Just Makes Disclosure Statement Deadline
• Restructuring Lawyer Leaves Willkie Farr For Venable
• Greenberg Traurig Lures 2 Restructuring Partners
• 2 More Lehman Lending Units File For Ch. 11
• Fox Rothschild Nabs Two Bayard Bankruptcy Lawyers
• Business Not So Sweet As Equal Maker Enters Ch. 11
• Lehman Backs Bid For Examiner, Bucking US Trustee
• Lehman Ties Up Deal To Spin Off Private Equity Firm
• Circuit City Courts Buyers As Clock Runs Down
• Interstate Bakeries Runs Into Financing Roadblock
• Tropicana Beats Creditors To Reorganization Plan
• DOJ, Delta Strike Deal Over Superfund Cleanup
• Kimball Hill Fights Bid To Lift Stay In Ch. 11 Case
• Chrysler Opposes Getrag Motion To Link Ch. 11, Liens
• Envisioning Bankruptcy Without Exclusivity
• Lenders Stonewall Legal Fees In DBSI Ch. 11
• Springing Guaranty Risks In The Current Economy
• Bankruptcy Looms As Star Tribune Negotiations End
• Local Banks May Think Twice Before Using TARP
• Lyondell Resolves Spat Over $8B DIP Package
• 2nd Circ. Raises Bar For Legal Fee Reductions
• Shipping Co. Armada Files Ch. 15 Petition In NY
• Options For Hedge Funds During The Credit Crunch
• Plaintiffs Fight Pilgrim's Pride Bid To Lift Stay
• Goldman Sachs To Pay Enron $7M Over Securities
• Akerman Senterfitt Scores DOJ Bankruptcy Vet
• Grace Claimants Clash Over Huge Records Request
• Lawmakers Hail Mortgage Deal With Citigroup
• Bankruptcy Practice: Dechert
• Citicorp Objects To Tousa Cash Extension Request
• Firms Object To Cash Collateral Use In Tweeter Case
• Cable Co. Broadstripe To Tap $15M DIP Loan
• Insurance Claimants Seek To Derail WR Grace Plan
• Coal Giant Clearwater Files For Ch. 11
• Bankruptcy Can't Save Bad Companies: Study
• LyondellBasell's US Units Seek $8B In DIP Financing
• Dispute With Heller Could Cost Banks $50M
• Battle Rages Over Brooke Bankruptcy Conversion
• Barclays Balks At Pachulski's Fee Request
• Judge OKs Cash For Bankrupt Greeting Card Co.
• Investors Sue Solar Cell Co. For Lehman Losses
• Special Master To Oversee Reserve Fund Assets
• US Units Of LyondellBasell File For Ch. 11
• Milberg Grows Practice With Gibson Bankruptcy Guru
• Frontier Airlines, Pilots Reach Labor Agreement
• Goody's To Liquidate Months After Ch. 11 Emergence
• Icelandic Bank's Ch. 15 Protection Bid Approved
• Democrats Propose Mortgage Modification Bills
• Flying J Asks For Reprieve From FERC Proceeding
• Greeting Card Maker Enters Ch. 11 To Finish Sale
• Duane Morris Snaps Up Dewey Bankruptcy Aces
• Madoff Trustee Gets Asset Disclosure Extension
• Failed LBOs, Recovering Payments To Shareholders
• Mall Owner Shifts Bankruptcy Counsel To Weil Gotshal
• Cable Co. Broadstripe Files For Ch. 11
• Tousa Creditors Object To Execs' Legal Fees